HOW TO COMPARE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND STATES? You might ask if development can mean different things, how come some countries are generally called developed and others underdeveloped? Before we co
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AVERAGE INCOME While ‘averages’ are useful for comparison, they also hide disparities. For example, let us consider two countries, A and B. For the sake of simplicity, we have a
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INCOME AND OTHER CRITERIA When we looked at individual aspirations and goals, we found that people not only think of better income but also have goals such as security, respect for others, equal tr
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PUBLIC FACILITIES How is it that the average person in Haryana has more income than the average person in Kerala but lags behind in these crucial areas? The reason is — money in your pocket c
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT Once it is realised that even though the level of income is important, yet it is an inadequate measure of the level of development, we begin to think of other criteria. The
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